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<H2>Plan 9 from Bell Labs - Section 8 - System Administration</H2>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/0intro">0intro</A>
-  introduction to system administration
<DD><TT> intro</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/6in4">6in4</A>
-  6to4 tunnel of IPv6 through IPv4
<DD><TT> 6in4</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/9boot">9boot</A>
-  PC bootstrap programs
<DD><TT> 9boot, 9bootpbs, 9load, 9loadusb</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/9pcon">9pcon</A>
-  9P to text translator
<DD><TT> 9pcon</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aan">aan</A>
-  always available network
<DD><TT> aan</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aliasmail">aliasmail</A>
-  expand system wide mail aliases
<DD><TT> aliasmail</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/apm">apm</A>
-  Advanced Power Management 1.2 BIOS interface
<DD><TT> apm</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/aquarela">aquarela</A>
-  CIFS server
<DD><TT> aquarela</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/auth">auth</A>
-  maintain or query authentication databases
<DD><TT> changeuser, convkeys, convkeys2, printnetkey, status, enable, disable, authsrv, guard.srv, debug, wrkey, login, newns, none, as</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/backup">backup</A>
-  backup venti arenas to blu-ray discs or restore from them
<DD><TT> backup, tobackup, dumparenas, restore</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/boot">boot</A>
-  connect to the root file server
<DD><TT> boot</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/booting">booting</A>
-  bootstrapping procedures
<DD><TT> booting</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cec">cec</A>
-  Coraid Ethernet Console
<DD><TT> cec</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cpurc">cpurc</A>
-  boot scripts
<DD><TT> cpurc, cpurc.local, termrc, termrc.local</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/cron">cron</A>
-  clock daemon
<DD><TT> cron</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/dhcpd">dhcpd</A>
-  Internet booting
<DD><TT> dhcpd, dhcpleases, rarpd, tftpd</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/diskparts">diskparts</A>
-  prepare disks for use
<DD><TT> diskparts, dmaon</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/disksim">disksim</A>
-  disk simulator
<DD><TT> disksim</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/drawterm">drawterm</A>
-  connect to Plan 9 CPU servers from other operating systems
<DD><TT> drawterm</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/dsa">dsa</A>
-  generate and format dsa keys
<DD><TT> dsagen, asn12dsa, dsa2pub, dsa2ssh</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fossilcons">fossilcons</A>
-  fossil console commands
<DD><TT> fossilcons</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fs">fs</A>
-  file server maintenance
<DD><TT> fs, exsort</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fsconfig">fsconfig</A>
-  configuring a file server
<DD><TT> fsconfig</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/fshalt">fshalt</A>
-  halt any local file systems and optionally reboot the system
<DD><TT> fshalt, reboot</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/getflags">getflags</A>
-  command-line parsing for shell scripts
<DD><TT> getflags, usage</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/gpsfs">gpsfs</A>
-  GPS time and position service
<DD><TT> gpsfs, gpsevermore</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/histogram">histogram</A>
-  draw a histogram
<DD><TT> histogram</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/httpd">httpd</A>
-  HTTP server
<DD><TT> httpd, save, imagemap, man2html, webls</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/init">init</A>
-  initialize machine upon booting
<DD><TT> init</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ipconfig">ipconfig</A>
-  Internet configuration and routing
<DD><TT> ipconfig, rip, linklocal, ipv6on</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ipserv">ipserv</A>
-  Internet remote access daemons
<DD><TT> telnetd, rlogind, rexexec, ftpd</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/kfscmd">kfscmd</A>
-  kfs administration
<DD><TT> kfscmd, ksync</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/listen">listen</A>
-  listen for calls on a network device
<DD><TT> listen, listen1, tcp7, tcp9, tcp19, tcp21, tcp22, tcp23, tcp25, tcp53, tcp110, tcp113, tcp143, tcp513, tcp515, tcp564, tcp565, tcp566, tcp567, tcp993, tcp995, tcp1723, tcp17007, tcp17008, tcp17009, tcp17010, tcp17013</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/loadfossil">loadfossil</A>
-  populate a fossil filesystem
<DD><TT> loadfossil</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/lp">lp</A>
-  PostScript preprocessors
<DD><TT> lp</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mk9660">mk9660</A>
-  create an ISO-9660 CD image
<DD><TT> dump9660, mk9660</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkflashfs">mkflashfs</A>
-  make a journalling file system for flash memory
<DD><TT> mkflashfs</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkfs">mkfs</A>
-  archive or update a file system
<DD><TT> mkfs, mkext</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkpaqfs">mkpaqfs</A>
-  make a compressed read-only file system
<DD><TT> mkpaqfs</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mkusbboot">mkusbboot</A>
-  generate bootable USB or other disk image for PC
<DD><TT> mkusbboot</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/mouse">mouse</A>
-  configure a mouse to a port
<DD><TT> aux/mouse, aux/accupoint</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/na">na</A>
-  assembler for the Symbios Logic PCI-SCSI I/O Processors
<DD><TT> na</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ndb">ndb</A>
-  network database
<DD><TT> query, ipquery, mkhash, mkdb, mkhosts, cs, csquery, dns, dnstcp, dnsquery, dnsdebug, inform</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/newuser">newuser</A>
-  adding a new user
<DD><TT> newuser</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/nfsserver">nfsserver</A>
-  NFS service
<DD><TT> nfsserver, portmapper, pcnfsd</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/partfs">partfs</A>
-  serve file, with partitions
<DD><TT> partfs</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pci">pci</A>
-  print PCI bus configuration
<DD><TT> pci</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pcmcia">pcmcia</A>
-  identify a PCMCIA card
<DD><TT> pcmcia</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pem">pem</A>
-  encode files in Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) format
<DD><TT> pemdecode, pemencode</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ping">ping</A>
-  probe the Internet
<DD><TT> ping, gping, traceroute, hogports</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/plan9.ini">plan9.ini</A>
-  configuration file primarily for PCs
<DD><TT> plan9.ini</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/pop3">pop3</A>
-  Internet mail servers
<DD><TT> pop3, imap4d</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/ppp">ppp</A>
-  point-to-point protocol
<DD><TT> ppp, pppoe, pptp, pptpd</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/prep">prep</A>
-  prepare disks, floppies and flashes
<DD><TT> prep, fdisk, format, mbr</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/qer">qer</A>
-  queue management for spooled files
<DD><TT> qer, runq</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/reboot">reboot</A>
-  reboot the system upon loss of remote file server connection
<DD><TT> reboot</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/replica">replica</A>
-  simple client-server replica management
<DD><TT> applychanges, applylog, compactdb, updatedb</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/rsa">rsa</A>
-  generate and format rsa keys
<DD><TT> rsagen, rsafill, asn12rsa, rsa2pub, rsa2ssh, rsa2x509</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/scanmail">scanmail</A>
-  spam filters
<DD><TT> scanmail, testscan</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/screenlock">screenlock</A>
-  disable access to a terminal
<DD><TT> screenlock</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/scuzz">scuzz</A>
-  SCSI target control
<DD><TT> scuzz</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/secstore">secstore</A>
-  secstore commands
<DD><TT> secstored, secuser</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/securenet">securenet</A>
-  Digital Pathways SecureNet Key remote authentication box
<DD><TT> securenet</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/send">send</A>
-  mail routing and delivery
<DD><TT> send</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/smtp">smtp</A>
-  mail transport
<DD><TT> smtp, smtpd</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/snoopy">snoopy</A>
-  spy on network packets
<DD><TT> snoopy</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/stats">stats</A>
-  display graphs of system activity
<DD><TT> stats</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/statusbar">statusbar</A>
-  display a bar graph status window
<DD><TT> statusbar</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/stub">stub</A>
-  provide mount point stubs
<DD><TT> stub</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/swap">swap</A>
-  establish a swap file
<DD><TT> swap</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/timesync">timesync</A>
-  synchronize the system clock to a time source
<DD><TT> timesync</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/tlssrv">tlssrv</A>
-  TLS server and client
<DD><TT> tlssrv, tlsclient, tlssrvtunnel, tlsclienttunnel</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/trampoline">trampoline</A>
-  forward incoming calls to another address
<DD><TT> trampoline</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/udpecho">udpecho</A>
-  echo UDP packets
<DD><TT> udpecho</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/update">update</A>
-  administration for local file systems
<DD><TT> bootfloppy, bootplan9, bootwin9x, bootwinnt, personalize, setup.9fat, setup.disk, setup.kfs, update</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/venti">venti</A>
-  archival storage server
<DD><TT> venti</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/venti-backup">venti-backup</A>
-  copy arenas between venti servers
<DD><TT> rdarena, wrarena</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/venti-fmt">venti-fmt</A>
-  prepare and maintain a venti server
<DD><TT> buildindex, checkarenas, checkindex, conf, fmtarenas, fmtbloom, fmtindex, fmtisect, syncindex</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/vga">vga</A>
-  configure a VGA card
<DD><TT> vga</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/watchdog">watchdog</A>
-  reset the system if it gets stuck
<DD><TT> watchdog</TT>
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<DT><A HREF="/magic/man2html/8/wol">wol</A>
-  send wake-on-lan Ethernet packet
<DD><TT> wol</TT>
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